"Swiss Monopoly" is a series of 23 caches. A cache was placed at every site of the Swiss Monopoly edition. After having collected all the bonus codes, you will have to chance to search for the bonus cache.

This cache includes two separate parts: First of all an ordinary multi on and around the Bahnhofplatz, where you will collect the first numbers. This was necessary as the virtual board in the second part unfortunately couldn't be placed on the Bahnhofplatz - and it would be a pity, if you wouldn't pass there, wouldn't it?

Afterwards you can start the cartridge in order to play a round on a virtual Monopoly board. You will get some additional numbers as a reward, which you also need for the calculation of the final coordinates. You should calculate a good two hours for the complete round. Please read the part on the cartridge below very seriously!

The Cartridge has been successfully tested on Android, iPhone and Garmin. Nevertheless I recommend that you already start it once at home in order to see, that it properly works on your device.

Maybe you feel like also visiting theMONOPOLY TB-HOTEL WINTERTHUR *****. The TB-HOTEL is not linked to this series at all (especially you don't need it necessarily for the bonus of this series), but a visit could be worth it anyways:-).

Let's start with the multi part. Here are your tasks:

Found all the answers? The sum of A to E is 57, by the way. Great, so start the Wherigo cartridge now. Unfortunately, there is not yet an English version of the cartridge, but if you have ever played Monopoly and with a basic knowledge of German you should nevertheless be able to play the game.

First of all special thanks to Krolock for adding this cache to his cartridge, which made a few adaptions necessary.

What is it all about?

"Cachopoly" is the Wherigo outdoor version of the popular board game classic, in which you will be the pawn in the Winterthur station area. You can play it alone or in a team. As in the original the aim is to own as many streets, houses and money as possible.

Before you start you should download the game board and the cartridge. The streets are depicted in the outer rim of the game board. This should facilitate orientation during the game. You can also note down who owns which street and how many houses were already built on them.

Start the game

In the beginning you will be asked which version you want to play. You should choose "Winterthur" in order to play the game on the predefined game board. Please be aware that the play anywhere version provided in the cartridge is of no significance for this cache: The solution numbers provided there are not correct for this cache!

You will be asked for the name of the first player. If several cachers want to participate in the game you should also add their names. As soon as you leave the name empty and press "OK", there will be added computer players and the game will begin.

Course of the game

The course is largely self-explanatory and most of the important things are displayed on your screen: roll the dice, head for a certain street, buy the street, buy houses or pay the rent. You automatically draw an event card, if you reach an event field in one of the four corners of the game board and you have the chance to win or lose money.

Furthermore you will find some helpful things in your inventory. With the aid of the item "Mitspieler" you can always check which of your opponents owns how much money and which streets and whether there were already any houses built on them. As soon as you bought a street you can check in your inventory how many houses you already built on it and how much rent you will encash in case one of your opponents should end his move on your street.

Unlike in the board game version you don't need to own all streets of a certain colour before you can start to build houses. As soon as you reach your street again after you bought it you can start to build houses. In order to do so select the "Architekt" from your inventory. You can build up to five houses at a time (5 houses correspond to a hotel) as long as you have enough money to do so.

Tips for navigating

Because of the relatively high houses (I mean in the real world :-)) approaching the zones can be a bit tricky at times. You have to approach the zones to 17 meters in order to trigger the corresponding events. My Wherigo player partly had some problems. I recommend bearing in mind where exactly the zones lie in the real world after the first visit. If you're using a smartphone navigating may probably be easier using the map mode. Like that you'll see at least where your GPS thinks you are...

In case nothing happens when undercutting the distance from the right zone, then please try veering away from the zone until you reach a distance of at least 25 meters. Then try again approaching the zone.

Winning!

The aim of the game is to own a minimal capital of at least 100'000 CHF as well as at least 2 hotels. As soon as you meet these two conditions the game ends after the current round and you will get the further numbers for the calculation of the final coordinates. The game also ends, if all computer players drop out of the game.

In the end you will receive the letters F, G, H and I, if you were victorious.

The Final

With the aid of the collected numbers from the multi part and the cartridge you can determine the position of the final box. First calculate X and Y:

X = A*B*D*E*F*I
Y = B*C*D*E*H

You will then find the final box at:N47° (X-20629)/1000
E8° (Y-19056)/1000

Here you are a checker. OK, the calculation is not that complicated, but you will get a spoiler pic.

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